Arsenal Face Wolverhampton Wanderers in Key Top-Flight Clash

Focus shifts for a fascinating top-flight matchup as front-runners the Gunners welcome bottom-placed Wolves to the Emirates Stadium.

Confirmed Sides

Arsenal have made three changes following the side that endured a narrow defeat at Aston Villa last weekend. William Saliba, the Swedish striker and the Brazilian winger all start in the starting eleven. The captain and the Spanish midfielder are named on the bench, while Riccardo Calafiori is not involved. The centre-back is back after sitting out a run of games due to injury.

The visitors also have made three adjustments to their starting XI after being soundly beaten 4-1 at home by United on Monday evening. Matt Doherty, the Brazilian midfielder and Hwang Hee-chan start. Hoever and Jhon Arias drop to the substitutes, while Bellegarde misses out altogether.

Starting Elevens

Arsenal: Raya, White, Saliba, Hincapie, Timber, Eze, Zubimendi, Rice, Saka, Gyokeres, Martinelli.
Bench: Arrizabalaga, Odegaard, Gabriel Jesus, Norgaard, Trossard, Madueke, Nwaneri, Merino, Lewis-Skelly.

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Johnstone, Mosquera, Agbadou, Toti Gomes, Doherty, Joao Gomes, Andre Trindade, Krejci, Wolfe, Larsen, Hwang.
Substitutes: Tchatchoua, Mane, Lopez, Hoever, Chirewa, Arokodare, Arias, Santiago Bueno, Jose Sa.

Match Official: Robert Jones
Video Assistant Referee: John Brooks

Preamble

Good evening! And I mean, look at this …

The table paints a stark story. The hosts sit comfortably at the summit of the Premier League, while their opponents anchor the league.

… however, even though this will be the 42nd time the top side have faced the team at the foot of the entire table – winning 30 out of 41, with seven tied games – who are responsible for two of the four all-time upsets? Why, Wolverhampton Wanderers, of course! So while Mikel Arteta will surely be expecting another three points, the Wolves boss must know that long shots occasionally come off, and anything is possible. The start is at 8 o'clock in the evening GMT. The action is imminent!

^{(The remaining last-over-first victories in the Premier League era are Oldham Athletic's 1-0 win over United in March 1993, and Tottenham Hotspur – admittedly, a surprising one - beating Liverpool in November 2008.)}